We here on the OneNote team value your customer feedback and we strive to collect as much as possible. I cannot tell you how important it is for us to hear your voice about what problems you are having and what you would like improved/fixed. Now more than ever is your chance to give us this feedback for OneNote 2007 Beta2 which was just released today.

We have created a Microsoft Connect website to help you all submit bugs and feedback. (NOTE: if you were in the Office 2007 Technical Beta you do not need to use this, continue to use the same bug submission tools.) This is in addition to the OneNote public newsgroup, the advantage to the Microsoft Connect site is that it connects your bug directly into our bug tracking system. Additionally you can upload files so we can see your feedback and problems.

In the future once the Microsoft Connect v2 comes out we will have a way for you to register for the same OneNote site and the "OneNote 2007 Beta2" program and then submit bugs through there. The feedback page will prompt you for which program you submitting bugs, but in the meantime this will work for you. Check back for any updates!

Another new feature in OneNote 2007 that I wanted to point out is the ability to save an image directly from OneNote. No more needing to copy the image and paste it into MS Paint/image app and then save the file. No, now you can save directly from OneNote, check it out:

Just right-click on the image and choose to Save As, just as easy as that. I use this all of the time.

Also you all should know about Win-S which is a way to create a screen clipping, just hit Win-S, select what you want and then save from OneNote, saves me so much time on a daily basis. Try it out and let me know what you think!

Have you ever seen a crash dialog while using a beta product (and maybe even some released products)? It looks something like this:

(I actually had to go back to an old build to find this dialog).

However when you see this in Beta2 please make sure to click on the "Send Error Report" button because this will send inforamtion to us, and on the next prompt click on "Continue" to send the data to us. We go through those reports to see what is casuing major problems in the product.

If you submit a bug on the Connect site regarding a crash please make sure to include your Watson bucket number. What is a Watson bucket number? Well when you click on that "Send Error Report" it will actually talk to a server about your problem and then determine if we need more inforamtion and then you get a number back to say what your problem was, that is the number we need when you submit you bugs.

How to find your Watson bucket number:

Start-->Run, type "eventvwr" and hit enter

Click on the Application section

Now look for a pair of items for an Error and Information and the Source will be "Microsoft Office 12"

Double-click/open the Information item

In the Description it will start with Bucket XXXX, where XXXX is your number.

A new OneNote blogger! I'd like to introduce Dan Escapa, one of our most energetic Program Managers who has just started blogging - well he blogged before but but this is his first blog for work-related stuff. We call Dan the "make it happen" guy (when we're not calling him the "intern who never went home" - inside joke). Welcome to the blogosphere Dan!

Thank you much Chris. Also if you haven't read Chris' blog I highly recommend it.